They'll come at you the easiest way possible, and attack only in the most direct manner.
In her own direct manner, she was flirting with him.
I will attempt to communicate with you in a more direct manner a bit later.
Reynolds sat down across from him and spoke in a quiet, direct manner.
Or the inability to come to grips with problems in a direct manner.
It tends to fly in a quick and direct manner.
Clinton replied that he did so "in a direct and straightforward manner."
But the case the Court accepted today presents the question in a direct manner.
He has a good sense of style, and a direct no-nonsense manner.
We will do everything possible to respond in a very direct manner.